(19)
(11) EP 1 215 897 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/25

(21) Application number: 01310436.9

(22) Date of filing: 13.12.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G09G 5/00, G06F 3/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 15.12.2000 JP 2000382005

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Ono, Kenichiro, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al
Beresford & Co., 2-5 Warwick Court, High Holborn
London WC1R 5DJ
London WC1R 5DJ (GB)

   


(54) Display control for a monitor


(57) The invention is to provide a display control apparatus, a display control method, a display system and a memory medium enabling to automatically realize easily observable display effectively utilizing the display area of a monitor, without any cumbersome operation. The display control apparatus of the invention learns the display resolution of a television monitor 21 based on the voltage level of a line 1 in the image terminal 7 of the television monitor 21, and causes the television monitor 21 to display an EPG (electronic program guide) matching such resolution. In case the resolution is 480 lines in the vertical direction, "program name only" is selected as the display item and a small font is selected. In case the resolution is 720 lines in the vertical direction, "program name" and "program content explanation" are selected and a small font is selected. In case the resolution is 1080 lines in the vertical direction, "program name" and "program content explanation" are selected as the display item and a large font is selected.






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